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Clifton Webb (1889–1966)

Actor | Soundtrack | Music Department

Already trained in dance and theater, he quit school at age 13 to study music and painting. By 19 he was a professional ballroom dancer in New York, and by his mid-twenties he was performing in musicals, dramas on Broadway and in London, and in silent movies. His first real success in film came in middle age as the classy villain Waldo Lydecker in Laura... See full bio »

Born:

Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Jeanne Crain and Clifton Webb in Cheaper by the Dozen Still of Jeanne Crain and Clifton Webb in Cheaper by the Dozen Still of Jeanne Crain and Clifton Webb in Cheaper by the Dozen Still of Dana Andrews and Clifton Webb in Laura Still of Gene Tierney and Clifton Webb in Laura Still of Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews and Clifton Webb in Laura
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1962 Satan Never Sleeps
Father Bovard
 
1959 Holiday for Lovers
Robert Dean
 
1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Mr. Horace Pennypacker
 
1957 Boy on a Dolphin
Victor Parmalee
 
1956 The Man Who Never Was
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
 
1954/I Woman's World
Ernest Gifford
 
1954 Three Coins in the Fountain
John Frederick Shadwell
 
1953 Mister Scoutmaster
Robert Jordan
 
1953 Titanic
Richard Ward Sturges
 
1952 Stars and Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa
 
1952 Dreamboat
Thornton Sayre/Dreamboat/Bruce Blair
 
1952 Belles on Their Toes
Frank Bunker Gilbreth (uncredited)
 
1951 Elopement
Howard Osborne
 
1951 Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Lynn Belvedere
 
1950 For Heaven's Sake
Charles/Slim Charles
 
1950 Cheaper by the Dozen
Frank Bunker Gilbreth
 
1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Lynn Belvedere
 
1948 Sitting Pretty
Lynn Belvedere
 
1946 The Razor's Edge
Elliott Templeton
 
1946 The Dark Corner
Hardy Cathcart
 
1944 Laura
Waldo Lydecker
 
1930 The Still Alarm (short)
 
1925 The Heart of a Siren
Maxim
 
1925 New Toys
Tom Lawrence
 
1924 Let Not Man Put Asunder
Maj. Bertie (uncredited)
 
1920 Polly with a Past
Harry Richardson (uncredited)
 
1917 National Red Cross Pageant
Dancer, The Pavane - French episode
 
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1952 Stars and Stripes Forever (performer: "My Love Is a Weeping Willow" - uncredited)
 
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1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (composer: song "Mr. Belvedere")
 
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1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.1 (1954) … Himself
 
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2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
1953-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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(1917) Stage: Appeared (as "Alonzo Bird") in "Love o' Mike" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book by Thomas Sydney. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Costume Design by Faibsey. Scenic Design by Robert McQuinn. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Shubert Theatre (moved to Maxine Elliott's Theatre from 19 Mar 1917 to 30 Jun 1917 then moved to The Casino Theatre from 27 Aug 1917 to close): 15 Jan 1917-29 Sep 1917 (233 performances). Cast: George Baldwin, Jack Bohn, Helen Clarke, Lillian Devere (as "Mrs. Schmaltz"; final Broadway role), Alan Edwards, Luella Gear (as "Luella"), Gloria Goodwin, Rollin Grimes Jr., Lawrence Grossmith (as "Capt. Lord Michael Kildare"), George Hassell, Annie Lydiate, Allison McBain, Molly McIntyre, Leone Morgan, Hilda Pentland, Donald Roberts, Katherine Rogers, Quentin Todd, Vivian Wessell, Peggy Wood (as "Peggy"). Produced by Elisabeth Marbury and Lee Shubert. See more »

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

Introduced Irving Berlin's classic song Easter Parade on the Broadway stage. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio